Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Summer 2020 issue (No.719)

We will introduce the first successful breeding of Weedy Seadragon in Japan, which were exhibited at Tokyo Sea Life Park, as well as topics from Ueno Zoo, such as the breeding of Schlegel's Green Tree Frog and the insects that live in the zoo, from Tama Zoo, the pairing of Snow Leopard leopards, and from Inokashira Park Zoo the topic of the "Creature Plaza" was covered.

[Cover] Juvenile Weedy Seadragon at Tokyo Sea Life Park
Cover description...Kifune Takashi
[Tokyo Sea Life Park]
Breeding Weedy Seadragon...Takashi Kifune
[Ueno Zoo]
Captive breeding of Schlegel's Green Tree Frog: from hibernation to egg-laying - Shingo Tanabe
[Tama Zoo]
How to proceed with pairing without being influenced by compatibility - A diverse pairing of Snow Leopard
Aiming for breeding...Takatsu Mako
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[Inokashira Park Zoo]
"Creature Square" - A place of local nature within the zoo - a place where creatures come together
As it is... Tomomi Takekasa and Isao Kanehara
[Ueno Zoo]
Investigating the insects that live at Ueno Zoo: Survey results and how they can be used at the children's zoo
...Motoki Murano, Mikako Takamatsu, Tomoko Fujii
[Poetry and illustrations]
Large-billed Crow...Poetry by Kizaka Ryo Illustration by Hasegawa Yoshifumi
[Talking about humans and animals]
Shell architecture...Taketomo Sasaki
[From the zoo lecture]
Ecology and conservation of Harvest Mouse mouse: what we can do to protect our tiny grassland neighbors
What we can do...Hata Sayoko
Zoo News from Tokyo / Japan / Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Ueno Zoo]
A new rat has appeared in Small Mammal House
others

"Animals and the Zoo" is the magazine of Tokyo Friends of the Zoo. It is published four times a year and delivered to members.
For more information, please see the Friends of the Association membership request page.

Back issues can be viewed at Ueno Zoo reference room. If you would like to view them, please check the reference room's usage guide.

We are looking for photos to submit

In the "Readers' Photo Exhibition" section, we are accepting animal photographs taken at zoos and aquariums by members of Tokyo Friends of the Zoo. Both color and black-and-white photos are welcome.

Please send your submissions to the editorial department's email address, henshubu@tokyo-zoo.net, with the subject line "Readers' Photo Exhibition," and include your address, name, membership number, the name of the zoo/aquarium and animal photographed, and a short note about your work (up to 10MB, 3 photos per submission). For further details, please see the "Readers' Photo Exhibition" page in the magazine.

We will send a small gift to everyone whose submission is featured.